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Liberty & Power
by Keith Halderman

10/03/12

The reason we are told this election is so important is not because of who wins or loses, this time, Barack Obama or Mitt Romney, but because the mainstream media wants us to demonstrate our acceptance of the principle that government exists to benefit us. The fact is that government really only has concern for the politicians, lobbyists, bureaucrats who have control of it and the wealthy who can pay to decide who gets that control...

http://hnn.us/blogs/liberty_and_power/148640.html



Open the presidential debates!

The Nation
by John Nichols

10/02/12

Confirmed as the nominees of their parties at scripted if not always on-message conventions, the Romney/Ryan and Obama/Biden tickets now proceed to what should be the lightning round of American politics: four debates during the month leading up to the November 6 election. Unfortunately, if all goes according to plan, the debates won t be any more dramatic or instructive than the conventions. America doesn t really have presidential debates. Instead, we have joint appearances where candidates recite talking points in settings so carefully controlled by party apparatchiks that the only real wrangling is over the height of the lecterns and the temperature of the drinking water...

http://www.thenation.com/article/169635/open-presidential-debates


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Election fraud: The smoking gun
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/election-fraud-in-the-usa/election-fraud-the-smoking-gun.html

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Emergency Call for a United Front Against Austerity

By Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D.

No matter whether Obama or Romney wins the coming presidential election, American working people will face a savage assault on their economic rights starting after the vote.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32654.htm



The Illegitimate 2012 Debates

By Carl Gibson

Until the two corporate parties relinquish control of the CPD and allow other candidates to have more of a say, every 4 years will always include the same charade this time of year.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32674.htm



The US presidential debates' illusion of political choice

Op-Ed

The issue is not what separates Romney and Obama, but how much they agree. This hidden consensus has to be exposed,

http://is.gd/wt3DLN


From Information Clearing House

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At Last Night s Debate: Romney Told 27 Myths in 38 Minutes

Igor Volsky, ThinkProgress: Pundits lauding Mitt Romney s debate performance are ignoring the fact that he misled viewers.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/11943-at-last-nights-debate-romney-told-27-myths-in-38-minutes



Issues That Obama and Romney Avoid

Noam Chomsky, Truthout: There are two issues of overwhelming significance, because the fate of the species is at stake: environmental disaster, and nuclear war. But the only difference between the two political parties is how enthusiastically the lemmings should march toward the cliff.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11956-noam-chomsky-issues-that-obama-and-romney-avoid



Not Just Big Bird: Six Examples of the Right s War on Beloved Children s Characters

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet: Voters will decide whether or not Romney gets to fire Big Bird, but this is certainly not the first time right-wingers have painted a target on a fictional character.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/11976-not-just-big-bird-six-examples-of-the-rights-war-on-beloved-childrens-characters



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http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/10/03



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US peace team member terms drones 'personal execution device' of US president.
http://is.gd/oA9783


From Information Clearing House

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When drones decide to kill on their own

The Diplomat
by J. Michael Cole

10/01/12

In an age where printers and copy machines continue to jam, the idea that drones could start making life-and-death decisions should be cause for concern. Once that door is opened, the risk that we are on a slippery ethical slope with potentially devastating results seems all too real. One need not envision the nightmares scenario of an out-of-control Skynet from Terminator movie fame to see where things could go wrong...

http://tinyurl.com/9p64un4


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Only one battle matters to the Ministry of Defencem the battle for resources. In this the Taliban is not an enemy, but an ally.

http://is.gd/MoRE5e



Time to name all the dead in Afghanistan: how many civilians have been killed?

David Cameron has never mentioned the name of a single Afghan killed, the majority of whom have been ordinary civilians caught in the middle of the West s war on one of the world s poorest countries.

http://is.gd/Ousrg2


From Information Clearing House



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The United States is laying the groundwork for operations to kill or capture militants implicated in the deadly attack on a diplomatic mission in Libya, senior military and counterterrorism officials said Tuesday.

http://is.gd/RbBvPf


From Information Clearing House



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Video

In the United States, many seniors do not get the care they need, where one in seven seniors are living in poverty.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32632.htm



Ireland: One in ten 'at risk of food poverty'

One in 10 people in Ireland are too poor to afford a properly balanced diet, a study has shown.

http://is.gd/lQ5rQS



UK food banks used by record number, says Trussell Trust

A record number of people received emergency food from UK food banks in the last six months, a charity says.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-19953938



Colorado s working poor

'Suddenly, I'm living below the poverty line': The US poverty rate has risen 19% since 2000. Gary Younge talks to voters in Fort Collins about the struggle to stay afloat and whether Obama or Romney offers any kind of solution.

http://is.gd/QLBgym


From Information Clearing House



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By Jack Hunter

Under Obama, Democrats have embraced the national security state.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32637.htm



'The American Dream Has Become a Myth'

Interview with Economist Joseph Stiglitz

The finance industry is to blame for the growing divide between the rich and poor in the United States, says Nobel Prize-winning economics professor Joseph Stiglitz. He accuses the industry of preying on the poor and buying government policies that help them get richer.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32633.htm



Top 1% Got 93% of Income Growth as Rich-Poor Gap Widened

The ''recovery that officially began in mid-2009'' hasn t arrived in most Americans' paychecks. In 2010, the top 1 percent of U.S. families captured as much as 93 percent of the nation s income growth, according to a March paper by Emmanuel Saez, a University of California at Berkeley economist who studied Internal Revenue Service data.

http://is.gd/ynEfhO


From Information Clearing House

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US Senate report: ''Fusion centers'' violate rights, don t catch terrorists

Daily Mail [UK]

10/03/12

A multibillion-dollar information-sharing network of 77 so-called fusion centers violated Americans? civil rights and failed to produce any valuable intelligence on terrorism, according to a scathing Senate report released on Wednesday. ... Because of a convoluted grants process set up by Congress, Homeland Security officials don t know how much they have spent in their decade-long effort to set up so-called fusion centers in every state...

http://tinyurl.com/8zwblqh


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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'Fusion Centers' Erode Civil Liberties Not Terrorism: Senate Study
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/03

Ignoring America s Poor
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/10/03-0

ACLU Calls for Hearings on Fusion Centers Following Senate Report
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/10/03-3

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Remember Those Spying 'Fusion' Centers?
http://lewrockwell.com/akers/akers195.html

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How Big Companies Use Plain English to Rob You Blind

Mark Karlin, Truthout: Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Cay Johnston believes that the facts speak for themselves: the government has helped rig the economy to favor corporations and the super-rich.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/11958-how-big-companies-use-plain-english-to-rob-you-blind



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By Finian Cunningham

The havoc hitting Iran s national finances should leave no-one under any illusions. The country is facing economic warfare from the US and its European allies.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32640.htm



US official says Iran currency to face more pressure

''And just to be clear about this, the sanctions will remain in place and will intensify so long as Iran refuses to engage meaningfully about its nuclear programme,'' he said.

http://is.gd/zwZj3x



Hyperinflation Hits Iran: Monthly 70% Inflation Rate, Reflections on Economic Warfare

The oil embargo against Iran has worked, assuming one defines ''work'' as a destruction of the Iranian riall which has fallen 33% in a week, 57% in three months and 75% in a year vs. the US dollar.

http://is.gd/T3N7nn



Iranians Abandon Meat for Bread as Rial Drop Fires Protests

Iran s freefalling currency is turning meat into a luxury, sparking overnight price surges and spurring shoppers to stockpile goods.

http://is.gd/D71hLh



Sanctioning society: From Iraq to Iran

Op-Ed

Untargeted sanctions against a country is not an alternative to war, but a form of war in and of themselves.

http://is.gd/Pufl7V



Top 10 Things You Should Know About Iran s Hyperinflation

By Cullen Roche

The current monthly inflation rate implies a price-doubling time of 39.8 days. For certain goods, such as chicken, prices may be doubling at an even faster rate.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32678.htm



Financial Warfare: Destabilizing Iran s Monetary System

By Nile Bowie

It is important to recognize that these sanctions are not aimed against Iran s government, but at its poor and merchant population.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32677.htm


From Information Clearing House



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Mehr Niedriglohnjobs, rückläufige Einkommen, außer bei den obersten 5 Prozent, weitere Verarmung der unteren Schichten.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/152905



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Nach einem Bericht der New York Times scheint US-Präsident Obama erneut auf eine verdeckte Aktion von Spezialeinheiten zu setzen, um die für den Angriff auf die diplomatische Vertretung der USA in Bengasi Verantwortlichen zu ergreifen oder zu töten.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/37/37745/1.html



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National Republican Voter Registration Strategy Includes Lying to Potential Voters About ''Taking a Poll'' in Order to Screen Out Obama Supporters

Brad Friedman, The Brad Blog: A coordinated strategy by the GOP in several key states weeds out Democratic voters from registering. Although it may not yet be proven illegal, it is certainly unethical, writes Brad Friedman.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/11904-national-republican-voter-registration-strategy-includes-lying-to-potential-voters-about-taking-a-poll-in-order-to-screen-out-obama-supporters



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Amy B. Dean, Truthout: The outsourcing of good jobs, the elimination of pensions, rampant home foreclosures; skyrocketing higher education costs and mounting debt: Given these stark realities, the American middle class seems to be sinking fast. The renowned reporting team of Donald Barlett and James Steele insists it is no accident.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11893-the-betrayal-of-americas-middle-class-was-a-choice-not-an-accident-an-interview-with-authors-donald-barlett-and-james-steele



Living Alone: The Rise of Capitalism and the Decline of Families

Harriet Fraad, Truthout: Three books. Three eye-opening accounts of tectonic shifts in American life. And one extraordinary analysis of the intimate connections between the new economy, the political power structure and the historic rise of one-person households.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11887-living-alone-the-rise-of-capitalism-and-the-decline-of-families



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Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: During Mitt Romney s speech to the financial super-elite, he seemed to actually believe his trope about people who depend on the government and pay no federal income tax.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11886-the-real-romney-emerges



Politics Aside, There s No Debating the Scary Facts of Romney s Tax Policy

Imara Jones, Colorlines: While the pundits have declared a victory for Mitt in the first presidential debate, Mitt s shaky grasp of the details of his own economic policies should be downright disconcerting.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11950-politics-aside-theres-no-debating-the-scary-facts-of-romneys-tax-policy



How Netanyahu s ''Bomb Iran'' Ploy Failed

Gareth Porter, Al Jazeera English: Netanyahu will no doubt campaign for re-election at home by demonizing Iran as an ''existential threat'', but he badly miscalculated his leverage over US policy.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/11994-how-netanyahus-bomb-iran-ploy-failed

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Netanyahu and Romney share ideology and donors

A Haaretz investigation found that 19 of Netanyahu s wealthiest American donors have also given to Romney, the Republican Party, and/or other Republican candidates.

http://is.gd/FBEy1j


From Information Clearing House

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Don t Cry for Us, Mitt Romney
http://lewrockwell.com/holland/holland70.1.html



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/02

Little Debate About Afghan War in Election Campaign
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/10/02

As U.S. Death Toll in Afghanistan Passes 2,000 Mark, Phyllis Bennis on America s Longest War
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/10/02-0

Rev. John Dear: On the Killing of 8 Afghan Women
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/10/05-1



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White House secret meetings examine al-Qaeda threat in North Africa

The White House has held a series of secret meetings in recent months to examine the threat posed by al-Qaeda s franchise in North Africa and consider for the first time whether to prepare for unilateral strikes, U.S. officials said.

http://is.gd/RvbXnq



Growing the Empire: Bad News for Africa: 3,000 More U.S. Soldiers are on the Way

The United States plans to permanently station a U.S. Army brigade on African soil, beginning next year. Is this the start of something big and ominous or ''only a benign creeping U.S. military presence in Africa?''

http://is.gd/usSCOr



Panetta: Cannot let al-Qaida hide in north Africa

Senior U.S. defense leaders are working with allies on a plan to deal with al-Qaida-linked militants in Mali and elsewhere in the North Africa region, with American assistance likely to center on intelligence and logistical support and not troops on the ground

http://is.gd/vn4qhl


From Information Clearing House



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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Africa
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Panetta
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=military+presence
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=militant
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=al-Qaeda
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When the mainstream media decides to cover the Obama administration s drone strikes in Pakistan s tribal areas and surrounding Muslim countries, they tend to neglect the human cost of drones. The word ''militant'' is frequently sprinkled into headlines, but missing always, are the names of those killed.

http://is.gd/6mkQyC


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Pakistan
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=mainstream+media
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=drone
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http://lewrockwell.com/whitehead/whitehead58.1.html

In America, Journalists Are Considered Terrorists
http://lewrockwell.com/spl4/journalists-considered-terrorists.html

Education Profiteering: Wall Street s Next Big Thing?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/10/03-3

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Why Don t Americans Care About Democracy at Home?

Henry A. Giroux, Truthout: Clearly, as the Occupy movement and other youth movements around the world have demonstrated, the time has come not only to redefine the promise of democracy, but also to challenge those who have poisoned its meaning.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11872-henry-a-giroux-why-dont-americans-care-about-democracy-at-home

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The Plot Against Occupy

By Sabrina Rubin Erdely

How the government turned five stoner misfits into the world s most hapless terrorist cell.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32631.htm



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=politics+of+fear
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=education
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Wall+Street
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=OWS
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Occupy+Movement
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=/whitehead
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Henry+A.+Giroux
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Sabrina+Rubin+Erdely
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jeff+Faux
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By Ron Holland

Voting is actually an exercise in futility and only used to convey false credibility to a controlled political system totally divorced from the people.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32618.htm



''Greed Has Poisoned Men Souls!''

Video

Greed has poisoned men s souls, has barricaded the world with hate; has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32617.htm



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=political+system
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=2012+election
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=greed
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=bloodshed
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Ron+Holland
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By Juana Carrasco Martin

Injecting money into the perpetually corrupt U.S. politics, money paying for power.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32621.htm



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jimmy+Carter
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=US+politics
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Juana+Carrasco+Martin
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By Glenn Greenwald

GOP Senator Lindsey Graham echoes a long line of US policymakers...
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32629.htm



Possible attack on Iran and deaths of millions

Video

Possible attack on Iran and deaths of millions are cause for laughter for Hillary Clinton, United States Secretary of State.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32630.htm



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/topics/Iran/
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Lindsey+Graham
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=GOP
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Glenn+Greenwald

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By Dennis Kucinich

We must learn from this dark period in American history to ensure that we do not repeat the same mistakes. And we must hold accountable those who misled the American public.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32628.htm



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
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Gleichzeitige Konflikte in Syrien und Mali, im Sudan und der Republik Kongo bringen mit ihren Flüchtlingswellen das UN-Flüchtlingswerk an den Rand seiner Kapazitäten.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/37/37742/1.html



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Syrien
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=humanitär
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Flüchtling
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Der Stresstest für spanische Banken kommt einem spanisch vor, denn auf Stress wurde nicht getestet und sogar gesetzliche Kapitalanforderungen missachtet.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/37/37738/1.html



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Spanien

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Der Anstieg der Insider-Angriffe zeigt Wirkung bei der Militärführung und bei der Moral der internationalen Truppen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/152896

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5. Oktober 2012

Die NATO kann ihr Scheitern nicht mehr verbergen

Zum elften Jahrestag des Beginns des Afghanistan-Krieges am 7. Oktober 2001 erklärt Christine Buchholz, Mitglied im Geschäftsführenden Vorstand der Partei DIE LINKE:

Der Afghanistan-Krieg der NATO ist ein Desaster ohne Ende. Das Versprechen auf Abzug der Truppen bis 2014 sollte beruhigend wirken. Doch vor dem Hintergrund einer wachsenden Anzahl von Insider-Angriffen gegen westliche Truppen kann die NATO ihr Scheitern nicht mehr verbergen. Sie hat erklärt, die Ausbildung der so genannten afghanischen Sicherheitskräfte auszusetzen. Damit ist die zentrale Begründung der Bundesregierung für den Abzugstermin 2014 entfallen. Doch darüber schweigt die Bundesregierung und beschönigt die Situation. Die LINKE fordert endlich Klarheit über die wirklichen Pläne der Regierungskoalition. Besorgt nehmen wir zur Kenntnis, dass der Bundesnachrichtendienst aus Angst vor der Unzuverlässigkeit der bewaffneten afghanischen Organe über 2014 hinaus 35.000 deutsche Soldaten für Afghanistan fordert, unter anderem Kampftruppen. Die wachsende Anzahl von Insider-Angriffen ist kein Grund, den Krieg zu verlängern. Im Gegenteil: Der Abzug der Bundeswehr muss sofort beginnen. Der Krieg in Afghanistan dient ausschließlich geostrategischen Machtinteressen der NATO-Staaten. Zehntausende Afghaninnen und Afghanen hat der Krieg das Leben gekostet. Über 3000 NATO-Soldaten, darunter 53 Bundeswehrsoldaten, sind in diesem sinnlosen Krieg bisher gefallen.

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/die-nato-kann-ihr-scheitern-nicht-mehr-verbergen/



17. Oktober 2012

Die NATO-Strategie in Afghanistan ist gescheitert

Heute wird der Film ''Auslandseinsatz'' von Till Endemann im öffentlich-rechtlichen Fernsehen ausgestrahlt, dazu erklärt Christine Buchholz, Mitglied im Geschäftsführenden Vorstand der Partei DIE LINKE:

Der Spielfilm erzählt die Geschichte einer Gruppe von Bundeswehrsoldaten in Afghanistan. Er öffnet die Black-Box des Isaf-Einsatzes und offenbart das Bild eines Krieges, der nicht zu gewinnen ist. Der Film stellt die Widersprüche innerhalb des Militärs dar. Die Soldaten glauben zu Beginn ihres Einsatzes daran, dass sie in Afghanistan sind, um den Menschen zu helfen. Doch sie erleben bald, dass die wahre Mission der Isaf Aufstandsbekämpfung heißt. Die Geschlossenheit der Bundeswehr bekommt Risse. Wenn die Lage in »Auslandseinsatz« nur halbwegs realistisch dargestellt ist, dann ist die Bundeswehr nur bedingt einsatzbereit. Und das ist auch gut so. Die NATO-Strategie ist gescheitert. Die sofortige Abzug aus diesem Krieg ist überfällig.

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/die-nato-strategie-in-afghanistan-ist-gescheitert/



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Afghanistan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=NATO
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Gespräche erneut vor dem Abbruch.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/152895



Going to Hell-as zur falschen Zeit

Kommt die Kanzlerin pünktlich zur Revolution?
http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/37/37766/1.html

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Ohne Skrupel, ohne Erbarmen

Da der Besuch von Angela Merkel viele Griechen nicht zu Freudentränen rührt, findet das Ereignis unter Ausschluss der Öffentlichkeit statt und dauert nur sechs Stunden. Artikel von Lutz Herden auf DerFreitag vom 09.10.2012 http://www.freitag.de/autoren/lutz-herden/ohne-skrupel-ohne-erbarmen

Aus dem Text: ''?Griechenland (und andere Staaten natürlich auch) muss für seine Rettung bezahlen, durch weiter schrumpfende Sozialausgaben (freilich nicht durch ein schrumpfendes Militärbudget, denn damit werden deutsche und französische Waffen gekauft), durch eine wachsende Steuerlast, die den Bürgern die Kauf- und Unternehmen die Investitionskraft nimmt und durch die Privatisierung auch des letzten Tafelsilbers, das der Staat in seinen Schatullen weiß. Griechenland war kaum je wettbewerbsfähig in der Eurozone, es wird nach dieser ökonomischen Kastration nie wieder wettbewerbsfähig sein. Das ergibt sich ganz einfach aus dem Wirken ökonomischer Gesetz und ist politisch gewollt. Griechenland taugt zum warnenden Exempel, weil es seine ''Rettung'' so teuer bezahlen muss. (?) Was da als Krisenpolitik betrieben wird, ist nicht anderes als Klassenkampf von oben. Darin besteht die Euro-Rettung, darauf reduziert sich derzeit die Europäische Idee oder was davon übrig blieb. Welchen Widerspruch und Widerstand das auslöst, davon kann sich Angela Merkel in Athen einen besseren Eindruck als in Deutschland verschaffen, wo willfährige Gewerkschaften bestenfalls murren, anstatt sich kraftvoll zu wehren.''


Aus: LabourNet, 11. Oktober 2012

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»Wir befinden uns im Klassenkampf«. Völkerrechtler Andreas Fischer-Lescano über Menschenrechtsverletzungen im Namen der Euro-Rettung

Der Völkerrechtler Andreas Fischer-Lescano hat im Auftrag des Europäischen Gewerkschaftsbundes und der österreichischen Gewerkschaften ein Gutachten über die menschenrechtlichen Auswirkungen der Maßnahmen der Troika erstellt. Mit ihm sprach Simon Poelchau über die Verantwortung der EU-Institutionen, die Nöte der Europäer und Euroskeptiker. Interview in junge Welt vom 29.01.2014 http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/922301.wir-befinden-uns-im-klassenkampf.html


Aus: LabourNet, 29. Januar 2014



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Griechenland
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Klassenkampf
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Merkel
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Let s go back about a decade, when budget surpluses were predicted for the foreseeable future. Somehow, the math went terribly wrong, by trillions of dollars. Here s an accounting of what happened.

http://is.gd/cvFcoa


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=budget
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=deficit
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Video

Famed economist Marc Faber appeared on Bloomberg TV with a harsh, direct warning to investors. ''U.S. monetary policies will destroy the world,'' he said.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32609.htm



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=monetary+policies
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Marc+Faber
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By Danny Schechter

Sometimes, major media is the last to recognize, shifts in policy positions. Iran is a case in point.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32611.htm



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/topics/Iran/
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=mainstream+media
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Danny+Schechter

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By Stephen Lendman

Western civilization destroyed their way of life. There s nothing civilized about it.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32607.htm
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http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/152892



Steinbrück wegen Nebeneinkünfte in der Kritik

In der SPD werden Forderungen nach Offenlegung der Honorare für Vorträge laut.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/152908



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Steinbrück
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=SPD
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http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/152891



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Afghanistan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=NATO
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Insider-Angriff
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Die US-Armee hat in den fünfziger und sechziger Jahren die Bevölkerung von St. Louis mit giftigen, möglicherweise auch radioaktiven Chemikalien besprüht.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/37/37736/1.html

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http://lewrockwell.com/douglas/douglas59.1.html

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Seven Deadly American Sins
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/10/01



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=/douglas
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Paul+Buchheit
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Das Sparpaket trifft in erster Linie die Bevölkerung: das Gesundheits-System bricht zusammen, Malaria und Nil-Virus sind wieder im Kommen. Griechenland droht der Staatsbankrott und plant ein neues Sparpaket, diesmal in Höhe von mehr als 11,5 Milliarden Euro. Die Einschnitte treffen besonders das Gesundheitssystem. Der Staat ist seit langem in Zahlungsverzug gegenüber Apotheken, Ärzten und Lieferanten medizinischer Geräte. Krankenkassen funktionieren nicht mehr. Sozial Schwache können sich die Behandlung in Krankenhäusern nicht mehr leisten. Medikamente gehen langsam aus, Krankheiten wie Malaria, Tuberkulose oder das Nil-Virus nehmen seit Ausbruch der Finanzkrise kontinuierlich zu. Doch ohne Wenn und Aber besteht die Troika auf drastische Sparmaßnahmen. Wie sehr die griechische Bevölkerung darunter zu leiden hat und warum er mit dem Schlimmsten rechnet, erklärt Pavlos Aenaoutis, Präsident des Nationalen Verbands für Medizintechnik Hellasmes, im Gespräch mit derStandard.at. Interview von Sigrid Schamall auf DerStandard vom 1. Oktober 2012 http://derstandard.at/1348284486843/Griechenland-humanitaere-Katastrophe-Hellasmes-Arnaoutis-Krankheit-Gesundheitssystem-Malaria


Aus: LabourNet, 1. Oktober 2012



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Griechenland
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Troika

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HNA.de

Ohne Handy können sich nahezu alle Jugendlichen und auch die meisten Erwachsenen ihren Alltag nicht mehr vorstellen. Doch der wichtige Begleiter im Alltag hat auch seine Tücken. Ein Grund für die Sollingschule Uslar sich in einem Präventionsprojekt mit...

http://www.hna.de/nachrichten/landkreis-northeim/uslar/uslar-siebtklaessler-dachten-ueber-handys-nach-2526546.html



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/topics/Handy-Verbot+an+Schulen/

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Libertarian News Examiner
by Garry Reed

09/29/12

Behind all the excuses, justifications and spin used to explain why only the Republican and Democrat candidates are allowed to debate is a reality that America s One Party doesn t want voters to know. It isn t really a debate; it's a 'glorified press conference'...

http://exm.nr/SX5HI6


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Noam Chomsky on How Progressives Should Approach Election 2012

By Matthew Filipowicz

''I think they should spend five or ten minutes on it. Seeing if there s a point in taking part in the carefully orchestrated electoral extravaganza.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32613.htm

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A visit to the Romney family colony in Mexico
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/campaign-2012-1/a-visit-to-the-romney-family-colony-in-mexico.html

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Two Failures
http://lewrockwell.com/napolitano/napolitano70.1.html

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When Debate Realities Ignore Realities of Crisis
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/10/03-1



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=2012+election
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=bipartisan
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Matthew+Filipowicz
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=napolitano
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Tom+Engelhardt
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The plaintiffs that are suing US President Barack Obama over his insistence on keeping the National Defense Authorization Act on the books said Thursday that they fear Americans are already being held indefinitely and without trial under the NDAA.

http://rt.com/usa/news/ndaa-reddit-plaintiffs-hedges-143/


From Information Clearing House

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America Is Occupied
http://lewrockwell.com/holland/holland69.1.html

Let This Be a Warning America: When the Riots Start the Government s Response Will Be Brutal
http://lewrockwell.com/slavo/slavo122.html



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=com/slavo
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Revealed: US Army Secretly Sprayed St Louis With 'Radioactive' Particles For YEARS

By Emily Anne Epstein

The spraying exposed the unwitting public, predominantly in low-income and minority communities, to radioactive particles.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32595.htm

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Spraying Agent Orange on America
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/food-1/spraying-agent-orange-on-america.html

Agent Orange: Still inflicting pain on Vietnam
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/war-crimes-1/agent-orange-still-inflicting-pain-on-vietnam.html



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Vietnam
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By JohnThomas Didymus

The ACLU has released documents that show that in the last two years the US Department of Justice has conducted more warrantless electronic surveillance, involving spying on telephones, email and Facebook accounts, than in the preceding decade.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32591.htm



Warrentless monitoring of social media on the rise

Federal law enforcement agencies are monitoring more email and social media communications than ever before, according to Justice Department documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union.

http://is.gd/7w5cQE



Data Shows Massive Spike In Electronic Surveillance By DOJ

Justice Department documents obtained by the ACLU reveal a sharp spike in warrantless electronic surveillance by federal law enforcement.

http://is.gd/Z6s6VT


From Information Clearing House

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ACLU: Domestic surveillance spiking under Obama

Fox News

10/01/12

The instances of the Justice Department monitoring electronic communications such as phone calls, emails and even social network updates without a warrant has increased by as much as 60 percent in recent years, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. The surveillance tools (known as either a 'pen register' or a 'trap and trace') record such information as phone numbers and the time and length of calls, but not the content. Orders to track phone calls increased 60 percent, from 23,535 in 2009 to 37,616 in 2011, according to Justice Department documents, including ones recently acquired by the ACLU...

http://tinyurl.com/9hczfr3



Ron Paul statement on FISA Amendments Act renewal

Campaign For Liberty
by US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)

10/18/12

Supporters of this reauthorization claim that the United States will be more vulnerable if the government is not allowed to monitor citizens without a warrant. I would argue that we are more vulnerable if we do allow the government to monitor Americans without a warrant. Nothing makes us more vulnerable than allowing the Constitution to be violated...

http://tinyurl.com/94cg2ax


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Warnings of Domestic Spying as Oakland Police Seek Drones
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/19-5

ACLU Tells Supreme Court FISA Surveillance Law Is Unconstitutional
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/10/29-0



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By Matthew Rothschild

Romney s national security team has recommended to him that he rescind President Obama s executive order barring torture.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32593.htm

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Winning Message? 'If You Love Waterboarding, Vote For Romney'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/02-3



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By Common Dreams

As 2,000th American soldier killed in Afghanistan makes headlines, estimates put Afghan civilian dead at over 20,000.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32598.htm



Morale among US troops in Afghanistan is disintegrating, writes Jonathan Neale

Last week Ryan Crocker, former US ambassador to Afghanistan, was a guest on a US public radio programme. He said the occupation had to stay to help the Afghan security forces grow strong enough to stop Al Qaida coming back.

http://is.gd/LmOZM9



U.S. General: 'We're Willing To Sacrifice' In Afghanistan 'But We're Not Willing To Be Murdered'

Watch the interview here:
http://is.gd/w0n8nK


From Information Clearing House



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The Day After the Election, What Happens To Sensata-Style Workers?

Dave Johnson, Campaign for America s Future: ''Instead of addressing the trade deficit, the cause of our budget and jobs deficit, our plutocrat-funded elites are going to play a Shock Doctrine game of whipping up hysteria about the budget deficit.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/11854-the-day-after-the-election-what-happens-to-sensata-style-workers

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Plutocracy the real incumbent in debate

Our Future
by Richard (RJ) Eskow

10/03/12

The conventional wisdom says that when a President runs for re-election the race becomes a referendum on the economy. Unemployment s still at record highs, poverty has soared, and middle-class Americans are struggling to stay afloat. And yet the President has a commanding lead in the polls. Why? The polls hold some clues: Voters believe that billionaires and corporations have come to dominate our political process, and they think the President has very little ability to affect their economic future...

http://tinyurl.com/9bdyreq


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Another Phony Employment Report
http://lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts371.html



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Lizette Alvarez, The New York Times News Service: ''The number of Florida counties reporting suspicious voter registration forms connected to Strategic Allied Consulting, the firm hired by the state Republican Party to sign up new voters, has grown to 10, officials said.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/11853-suspicious-voter-forms-found-in-florida-again



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Robert Naiman, Truthout: ''If people have to confront the actual reality of the Pakistan drone strike policy, the reality in which its impact is mostly about killing and terrorizing civilians and alienating Pakistani public opinion from the United States as opposed to the fairy tale in which it is all about wasting top-level ?bad guys?, the political story will fall apart.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/11857-why-im-going-to-pakistan-under-scrutiny-the-drone-strike-policy-will-fall

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Drones Are Comming To America

By Cenk Uygur

Money is flowing into campaign war chests and covering many billable hours for lobbyists.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32602.htm



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http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AG4ep/zMYW/n06J
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Empirische Studie belegt signifikant steigende Kurse beim Wechsel eines Managers in die Politik.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/152874



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Gewerkschafter und Linke befürchten, dass das Land auf das Niveau Bulgariens herab gedrückt und zur Sonderwirtschaftszone gemacht werden soll.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/152878



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A synthesis report for policy makers. Ecosystems are essential to our well-being and prosperity as they provide us with food, clean air and fresh water. Ecosystems also represent an exceptional source of outdoor recreation opportunities. The functions performed by ecosystems that increase our well-being are called ecosystem services.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416816336ms338



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Die Liberalen haben nun ihre Reformvorschläge für das EEG vorgelegt.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416816328ms338



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Der Arktischen See droht eine Atomkatastrophe. Fukushima auf dem Meeresgrund?

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416816319ms338



Nichts gelernt aus Fukushima

Die Lehre von Fukushima schien klar: AKW so schnell wie möglich abschalten oder zumindest für höchstmögliche Sicherheitsstandards sorgen. Das heißt: Auch das Unwahrscheinliche einplanen und dafür Vorsorge treffen. Kommentar von Franz Alt

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416816347ms339



Die Risiko-Reaktoren im Norden

Die Reaktoren müssten sofort abgeschaltet werden.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416816372ms339



Zwangshaftpflicht für AKW-Betreiber

EU-Kommissar Günther Oettinger hat eingeräumt, dass es nicht seine Aufgabe sei, ''durch Sicherheitsdumping den Kernkraftstrom billig zu machen''.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416816363ms339



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Der Bundeswirtschaftsminister Philipp Rösler und der FDP-Fraktionsvorsitzende Rainer Brüderle schädigen Verbraucher und auch die deutsche Wirtschaft in bisher nicht dagewesenem Ausmaß.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416816325ms338



TAB-Bericht: Erneuerbare Energien zur Sicherung der Grundlast in der Stromversorgung

Sachlichkeit und wissenschaftliche Kompetenz in die aufgeregte und hektische Diskussion um die Machbarkeit der Energiewende.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416816324ms338



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Video SWR-Mediathek

Fressen und gefressen werden: Die moderne Landwirtschaft hat diesen Kreislauf durchbrochen. Millionen Schweine werden niemals gegegessen: Sie sterben nur, um weggeworfen zu werden. Warum ist das so? Wer verdient daran? Geht es auch anders?

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''Wir können Windenergie im Binnenland schon heute günstiger als mit neuen Gas- oder Kohlekraftwerken erzeugen'', erläuterte JUWI-Vorstand Matthias Willenbacher auf der Windmesse in Husum. ''Voraussetzung ist, dass wir weitere gute Standorte erschließen und auf die richtige Technik setzen. Höhere Türme und größere Rotoren sorgen ? auch fernab der Küste dafür, dass Windräder im Jahr mehr als 4.000 Volllaststunden erreichen. Das sind Werte, die auch im Meer nicht wesentlich übertroffen werden.'' Kommentar von Franz Alt

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416816288ms338



Sauberer Windstrom aus dem Binnenland macht Energiewende unschlagbar günstig

Frischen Wind in die Debatte um Tempo und Kosten der Energiewende bringt der Wörrstädter Projektentwickler juwi.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416816309ms338



Kampf ums Tempo bei der Energiewende

25 Prozent des Stroms wird in Deutschland mit Erneuerbaren Energien erzeugt, 35 Prozent könnten es 2015 sein. Atom- und Kohlestrom werden zunehmend unrentabel. Die Politik ringt ums Ausbautempo. Ein Bericht von Gero Rueter

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416816289ms338



''Es lohnt sich, Vorreiter zu sein'': Studien untersuchen zweitbeste Szenarien der Klimapolitik

Industriestaaten können davon profitieren, früh Maßnahmen zur Begrenzung des Klimawandels anzupacken, selbst wenn der Rest der Welt die Verminderung von Treibhausgasemissionen hinauszögert. Mit dem Zwei-Grad-Ziel zur Begrenzung der globalen Erwärmung lohnt es sich langfristig, ehrgeizige Emissionsreduktionsziele zu vereinbaren und damit Investitionen in saubere statt fossile Energie anzukurbeln.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416816290ms338



Studie: Durchbruch weltweit für Erneuerbare

Bis zum Jahr 2030 wird sich der Anteil der Erneuerbaren am globalen Strommix mehr als versechsfachen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416816299ms338



Solare Säule für Europa

Bis zum Jahr 2030 wird die solare Stromerzeugung zur wichtigen Stütze des europäischen Elektrizitätsmarktes.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416816313ms338



Vom Schutz der Ökosysteme profitiert die ganze Gesellschaft

Europäische Umweltforscher stellen Ergebnisse vor EU-Politikern vor. Die Erfassung und Kartierung von Ökosystemdienstleistungen ist von zentraler Bedeutung, um die Zerstörung unserer Lebensgrundlagen zu bremsen. Ohne dieses konzeptionelle und methodische Handwerkszeug ist es kaum möglich, Ökosystemdienstleistungen angemessen in Politikprozesse einzubinden.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416816292ms338



Drei Bundesländer versorgen sich mit über 75% Ökostrom

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern deckt mittlerweile 84 Prozent seines Strombedarfes aus regenerativen Quellen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416816301ms338



Mehr als 100.000 Jobs in der deutschen Windindustrie

Weiterbildungs-Bedarf steigt, auch für Nicht-Techniker.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416816308ms338



Weniger Kernkraft führt kaum zu mehr Kosten für Klimaschutz

Ein weltweiter Ausstieg aus der Kernenergie erhöht die Kosten für Klimaschutz nur geringfügig.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416816377ms339



Erneuerbare Energien als Preistreiber?

Derzeit dreht sich die Diskussion über die Energiewende vor allem um die Strompreise.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416816368ms339



Solarkraft bricht in Deutschland ein

Im August gingen mit 329,43 Megawatt nur noch halb so viele Neuanlagen ans Netz wie im Vorjahr.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416816367ms339



Forscher fordern schnellen Solarausbau

Deutsche Energie-Visionäre fordern Tempo beim Ausbau der Solarenergie. Um die Ziele des Klimaschutzes zu erreichen, sei es sinnvoll und kostengünstig, neben Windkraft mehr auf Sonnenkraft zu setzen. Deutschland führt weltweit bei der solaren Stromerzeugung. Über fünf Prozent des eigenen Strombedarfs deckt die Sonnenkraft. Bislang wurden Solaranlagen mit einer Spitzenleistung von über 30 Gigawatt (GW) installiert. Ein Bericht von Gero Rueter

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416816349ms339



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